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哦

òóo

4 readings · tap one to hear it

oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth)

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
口 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
哦
Common rank
#3,728
Unicode
U+54E6

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 哦 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 我 sound ( wǒ )

Components 口 我

Words with 哦

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
哦买嘎 ò mǎi gā (loanword) oh my God!
吟哦 yín é to chant; to recite rhythmically; to polish verse
哦豁 ò huō (dialect) oops!; oh no!; oh snap!

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 我 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
我 sound part wǒ I, me, my; our, us
俄 é sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations
鹅 é goose
峨 é lofty; the name of a mountain
蛾 é moth
娥 é beautiful, pretty; good; surname
皒 é white
硪 wò a flat stone used as a mortar
莪 é mugwort, Artemisia
锇 é osmium